Friday, 13 April 2018

The Stone Sky

Wrapping up another trilogy as the New Year
dawns. (Dawned). I think don’t think it’s an understatement to say that Jemisin’s
Broken Earth will eventually come to be seen as significant as Gibson’s Sprawl.
While not perhaps the strongest entry of the series (it lacks The Fifth Season’s tripartite trickery
and The Obelisk Gate’s almost claustrophobic
development of character) it’s nonetheless an excellent climax for an
outstanding series. I’ve read a fair number of SFnal three-parters over the
last few years, but this is easily the best of the decade, and I can’t see
anything coming close to challenging it.